Morning sickness

Blah blah blah ...

Thank goodness for that medication. I would have never survived spring break without it. I had morning sickness last time, but it was NOT as bad as this. I know I shouldn't complain ... but waaaaah!

9 weeks 4 days

9 weeks
How your baby's growing:
Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a grape — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She's starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: Your baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Your baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. Her eyes are fully formed, but her eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. She has tiny earlobes, and her mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones. Now that your baby's basic physiology is in place, she's poised for rapid weight gain.

Ultrasound #3

Back from mini vacation. Tyler had a blast, wish I could say the same. Morning sickness still in high gear. At least the medication made it barable.

@ 8 weeks 5 days. Everything looks good. Down 2 more pounds.

8 weeks
How your baby's growing:
New this week: Webbed fingers and toes are poking out from your baby's hands and feet, his eyelids practically cover his eyes, breathing tubes extend from his throat to the branches of his developing lungs, and his "tail" is just about gone. In his brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways. You may be daydreaming about your baby as one sex or the other, but the external genitals still haven't developed enough to reveal whether you're having a boy or a girl. Either way, your baby — about the size of a kidney bean — is constantly moving and shifting, though you still can't feel it.

Spring Break

We are doing a mini vacation to L.A. and San Diego for Tyler's spring break.

Planning on hitting up Disneyland, California Adventures, Lego Land, and San Diego Zoo.

Will report in once we're back.

Ultrasound #2

Took baby's first measurements and we are at 6 weeks and 5 days.

Our due date is now Nov 28, 2010.

My morning sickness has kicked into high gear and I got medication prescribed. Let's hope it helps. Down a pound from last time.

Picture coming soon. :)

6 weeks
How your baby's growing:
This week's major developments: The nose, mouth, and ears that you'll spend so much time kissing in eight months are beginning to take shape. If you could see into your uterus, you'd find an oversize head and dark spots where your baby's eyes and nostrils are starting to form. His emerging ears are marked by small depressions on the sides of the head, and his arms and legs by protruding buds. His heart is beating about 100 to 160 times a minute — almost twice as fast as yours — and blood is beginning to course through his body. His intestines are developing, and the bud of tissue that will give rise to his lungs has appeared. His pituitary gland is forming, as are the rest of his brain, muscles, and bones. Right now, your baby is a quarter of an inch long, about the size of a lentil bean.